Samantha Kappagoda participated in the BDO In the Boardroom Podcast, speaking on AI in a session titled Risk Aspects of Technological Innovation Boards May Not Be Thinking About, hosted by Amy Rojik, National Managing Principal, Corporate Governance at BDO.
Samantha Kappagoda’s Contribution at BDO In the Boardroom
Samantha’s BDO In the Boardroom podcast contribution addressed the technology innovation risks that governance practices most commonly overlook, from compounding effects of AI deployment without adequate data infrastructure, to human capital and regulatory dimensions of technology-driven strategic pivots. Her perspective, grounded in active board service, operating depth as Chief Data Scientist, and published AI governance thought leadership, offered BDO’s governance professional audience well-rounded guidance on board technology risk oversight. Please visit BDO In the Boardroom to listen to this segment.
About Samantha Kappagoda
Samantha Kappagoda is a board director and technology strategist who brings a distinctive blend of capital markets judgment, AI governance and data strategy expertise to complex, regulated environments. Her boardroom perspective leverages her operating experience — in data, analytics and technology — to navigate emerging opportunities, drive value and mitigate risk.
Samantha currently serves as Board Director, Nominating & Governance Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member at the Credit Suisse Funds, now under UBS (NYSE: UBS), and a Member of the Governing Council Business Board at the University of Toronto. She also serves as Chief Data Scientist and Co-Founder of Numerati® Partners LLC, a RiskTech firm, and Visiting Scholar at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.
Recognized as a Director to Watch, Samantha is the author of Board Governance of AI & Emerging Technologies, in Directors & Boards magazine. She is an active contributor at governance forums in USA, Canada and UK, addressing AI and data governance, cybersecurity, financial markets and global macroeconomic trends. She has served as faculty at NYU Directors’ Academy, NACD Master Class on Technology and Innovation Oversight and Diligent Institute, and been an invited panelist at conferences including Character of the Corporation, Corporate Board Member, Independent Directors Council, Institute of Directors UK, NACD Summit, Private Directors Association, Society for Corporate Governance and WGOB Canada. Samantha has been awarded the Certificate in Private Company Governance from the Private Directors Association, and has also completed the Harvard Business School Program Making Corporate Boards More Effective. For additional information, please see Samantha’s biography, recent news and conferences & events.
